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Thursday, October 22, 2009

The First Day of Mail Season

With Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4 birthdays, and an anniversary approaching, my mailbox stays pretty full from about now until the new year. It is so much fun!

We were so excited when these Halloween goodies arrived yesterday and officially kicked off package season.

The kids each got a pail full of treats and toys and a cute t-shirt.


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I threw the shirts on them and tried to get a picture, They were not excited to pose when there was candy to be sorted. This shot cracks me up. Alex and Alyssa have the most phony hurry-up-and-smile-so-she'll-leave-us-alone faces I have ever seen. Then Chloe is looking at them like, Hey guys, no time for pictures, there's candy in these things.

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Even though they were not in a posing mood, I am pretty sure they loved their stuff since they spent a fair amount of time with their faces buried in their buckets.

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Chloe spent the rest of the night handing me candy and saying, "Mommy, you open me? Please, you open me?"

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Thanks Grandma Susie (Mom)!

Oh and one more piece of cuteness for today. Alex got his school pictures back today.


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I love the forced picture day smile. His class picture was even cuter but since I only own 1/18 of the kids photographed, I better keep it off the blog.

Alyssa won't be getting school pictures since she forgot to turn in the money and I found it in her backpack a week later. I called to try to get the order placed but they will not do late orders which is too bad because they took her picture anyhow for the yearbook. It is just sitting there, why can't I have it? Oh well, our fault.

9 comments:

Susie said...

Glad they liked their stuff, the shirts look cute. We love picking out stuff to send them. Glenn picked the toys and Alex' shirt, I picked the girls. Even Glenn likes finding special stuff for them (plus he likes to shop). Can I have a pic of Alex, it is so cute. Did you order extras? It's a good class photo.

Kory Jane said...

That is so cute...Lexie picked out that same shirt for Halloween. She loves it. Is it wrong to wear it all year long? I think we might have to try a new fashion trend. Cute bags too.

Julie L said...

Oh, man, can you just, like, hide this post? I'm going to be in the worst trouble when my kids find out what your Mom does for your kids! What a fun, fun, FUN package for them to get!!!!!!

Cheryl said...

Cute Halloween stuff. I think getting packages is the best so it is so much fun to start getting more of them this time of year!
I love Alex's picture. He looks so handsome.

Katelin said...

Too cute! That is dumb that they won't let you buy the picture that they already took of Alyssa--good business skills there!

Sally said...

I'm kind of jealous. I love getting stuff in the mail. If a Target near you has a portrait studio you should take Alyssa in. They do a good job and are very cheap. Much cheaper than the school pictures, which is why I never buy them.

LeShel said...

SO cute. I love the pic of the three of them together with their shirts on and bags just waiting to be eaten out of.
Alex is adorable. I love his smile even though it's not his natural smile it's cute.
hooray for stuff in the mail

Anonymous said...

Can't wait for Luke's goodies. I love the first pic, the faces are saying, "get this over with so we can grub!"

Jen said...

Those personalized trick-or-treat buckets are adorable. Alex actually sat still long enough for a picture?!? He looks great!